Quality and Safety of Rural Community Drinking Water Sources in Guto Gida District, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 1

Total coliform and faecal coliform count of rural community drinking water sources in the Guto Gida district.

Sites	Unprotected wells		Protected wells		Unprotected springs		Protected springs
	TC (CFU/100 mL)	FC (CFU/100 mL)	TC (CFU/100 mL)	FC (CFU/100 mL)	TC (CFU/100 mL)	FC (CFU/100 mL)	TC (CFU/100 mL)	FC (CFU/100 mL)
D1	75 ± 4.5^ab	17 ± 5^ab	3.3 ± 5.7^a	0.0	59.67 ± 15.67^a	20.67 ± 3.5^a	0.0	0.0
D2	63.3 ± 30.8^ab	17 ± 6.6^ab	12.3 ± 12.5^a	3.0 ± 3.0^a	57.00 ± 10.53^a	14.67 ± 5.69^ab	1.67 ± 2.08^bc	1.67 ± 2.08^b
J1	41.7 ± 28.2^ab	6.7 ± 7^bcd	11.7 ± 4.9^a	0.3 ± 0.6^a	26.33 ± 18.8^ab	6.67 ± 7.64^bc	0.0	0.0
J2	50.3 ± 40.7^ab	12.3 ± 7.1^abcd	10 ± 2.7^a	1.7 ± 1.5^a	55.67 ± 37.56^a	12 ± 8.54^abc	2.67 ± 1.52^ab	2.67 ± 1.52^b
K1	50 ± 15.9^ab	13.3 ± 3.1^abc	5.3 ± 4.7^a	1.7 ± 1.5^a	38 ± 23.90^ab	10.33 ± 9.07^abc	0.0	0.0
K2	20.7 ± 8.1^b	2.3 ± 2.1^d	4.3 ± 7.5^a	1.3 ± 2.3^a	22.67 ± 7.57^ab	4.33 ± 1.16^bc	1.67 ± 1.52^a	6.67 ± 2.52^a
S1	19.0 ± 10.4^b	4.7 ± 2.5^cd	1.7 ± 1.5^a	1.0 ± 1.7^a	16.33 ± 8.39^b	2.67 ± 1.16^c	1.67 ± 1.16^bc	1.67 ± 1.16^b
S2	91.7 ± 45.2^a	18.3 ± 8.7^a	4.3 ± 4.0^a	3.0 ± 2.7^a	54.67 ± 9.29^a	12.33 ± 1.52^abc	2.0 ± 1.73^ab	2.00 ± 1.73^b

Data are average of triplicates; SE: standard error; numbers indicated by the same letter superscripts within the same column do not vary significantly by Duncan’s multiple range test at ; D1: Dalo site 1; D2: Dalo site 2; J1: Jato site 1; K1: Kumsa Moroda site 1; K2: Kumsa Moroda site 2; S1: Sorga site 1; S2: Sorga site 2; TC: total coliform; FC: faecal coliform.